, 1887-10-15

~ VI exporting norses, instead of, as now.
having to import.
The Governor said, he would limit his an.
s"ef TO the Interpolation itself, viz. concern
ing the method followed in purchasing horses
tor military use; he was not prepared to-
enter upon the question of improving the
breed OF horses here. And in the first named
respect ne had to state, that the rule. as
lar as ne remembered had ALWAYS been. when
horses tor the military stalls are to be bought.
10 appoint q commission consisting of 3 plan.
ters, as experts IN the knowledge of horses
together with the Chief of the Comnanv and
q @tarrier, when the latter was to he had
on the island; the said Commission had to
see and Judge of the horses presented for pnr.
chase and to decide which were accountable
and to lay their proposals before the Govern.
ment, who then had the approval. The same
ruie has been followed as far as possible here
IN tne present instance, but as we have no
larrler' ana as there are in the Company 8
EncefS VINO al! understand to Judge the
horses pretty well, they were appoinfed to
join the Commission together with Q nIantora
who are considered experts in the nnrchos;ng
OF horses. Now it must be considered nrettv
clear, that when q man is deemed to be an
expert IN that matter, it will be in most cases
because he is himself a raiser of horses
ana then also a seller of horses; and he could
not see how it could be possible here in St.
OfolX 10 appoint a Commission for superin-
tending the purchase Of horses for the militia.
ny stalls and not allow the Members of the
Commission to present horses for sale too
therefore the Government could take no nre.
caution to prevent that; but it is a matter of
course that when a Member of the Commits.
sion has a horse to present, that Member
Wlthdraws from the Commission and leaves
the decision IN such a case to the other Mem
oers OF the Commission. This has been done
also on the last occasion; it was the Commits
sion with exception of the one Member. who
examined the animal in question and who
decided to recommend. It is clear. that in
small communities like this, whatever is done
IN such like matters will give rise to criticism
ana dissatisfaction; as far as he knew, this
mas always been SO and will always continue
10 De SO. But he felt satisfied that the Com.
mission had acted to the best of their abili-
Cles ana with discretion. There were 90
horses presented on this occasion; of them
a certain number was rejected at once as not
qualified for the requirements or as being
held at too high prices by their owners. be-.
cause the Commission had rightly adopted o
limit OF S2OO which it would not exceed in
the price to be paid. There remained 8hors.
es, and OF them 5 were chosen and bought
atPrlces OF respectively $I30, $3.50, SI70, $3.50,
and $500. Of course he, the Governor. is no
special connoisseur of horses, but he has seen
the horses that were bought, and he found
them to be strong and healthy looking ami.
mails. He could therefore see nothing to
regret in what has been done on this
occasion, and he did not believe that any
more advantageous purchases could have been
made.
End Member for Frederiksted's Country
District (SUitSer) would not have come for
ward with HIS remarks, if he had not been on
the spot on the occasion; and as far as he
had learned and knew, the one of the two
animals was between 10 to IL years old, but
was taken as being 6; and the other animal
ne must still consider not strong enough
Tor the work but he would repeat, time viii
show whether he is right or wrong in this
matter.
End Member for Christiansted's Country
District (HGgem0Tn) said, that he for his
part was perfectly willing to take back his
morse II not suited but he would beg to call
to the mind of the honorable InterpeIlant.
that the same honorable Member had some
time ago made an offer for the animal for not
very much lighter work and at a price, if not
mistaken, of S175..
End Member for Frederikshd's Country
District (SUitSes) ~hoped@that the last honour
able Speaker would remember that on that
very occasion, he Svitzer had found the horse
IN question to be too nash, and if the >honour-